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The Dewey diamond, found in 1855 by a man grading one of the streets in Manchester, Chesterfield County, was the largest diamond found in the United States up to 1884. It weighed 23.75 carats in the rough and 11.6875 carats after cutting. The cut stone is a faint greenish white and has a flaw or speck in its interior. It is reported that a "diamond of the first water" was found in 1836 on the Vaucluse Gold Mine Property, Orange County. Another unnamed beautiful "blue white" diamond was reported as found in 1913 near Pounding Mill, Tazewell County. The well- known 34.6 "Punch" Jones diamond was reportedly found in Monroe County, West Virginia, which is just northeast of Rich Creek, Giles County, Virginia. Not one of these was found in its rock matrix; instead, each was found in the unconsolidated overburden.